Genesis 11:7 (WEB)
Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
“Therefore is the name of it called Confusion; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xi. 5–9.
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John Damascene
“…called him back, by groans and trembling, by the deluge of water, and the utter destruction of almost the whole race, by confusion and diversity of tongues, by the rule of angels, by the burning of cities, by figurative manifestations of God, by wars and victories and defeats, by signs and wonders, by manifold…” — editor's note: Ibid. xi. 7.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“And if any one cites the confusion of tongues that took place at the building of the tower, as contradicting what I have said, not even there is God spoken of as creating men’s languages, but as confounding the existing one, that all might not hear all.” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 7.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“…giants celebrated by all; now planning to fortify earth against heaven, and in the madness of ungoverned pride to prepare an attack upon the very God of all.” — editor's note: The reference here seems to be to the building of the tower of Babel (Gen. xi. 1–9), although Valesius thinks otherwise. The fact that Eusebius refers to the…
Read the whole comment“…titles corresponding to the contents of each; for instance, Concerning the things which the Sober Mind desires and execrates,On the Confusion of Tongues,On Flight and Discovery,On Assembly for the sake of Instruction,On the question, ‘Who is heir to things divine?’ or On the division of things into equal and…” — editor's note: περὶ συγκύσεως τῶν διαλέκτων. Upon Gen. xi. 1–9. Still extant, and given by Mangey, I. 404–435 (Schürer, p. 844).
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Ambrose of Milan
“Elsewhere also it stands that God said: “Go to, let us go down and confound their language.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 7.
Read the whole comment“Of which we would speak more fully did we not remember that in the former treatise there was set forth that the Father said: “Let us go down and confound their language,” and that the Son said: “He that loveth Me will keep My saying, and My Father will love him, and We will come to Him and make Our abode with Him.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“Thus it came to pass also in the case of that famous tower; for their evil peacewas ended by their good discord, and peace made thereby.” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 7, 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as some now venture to be, were building the Tower; for by the confusion of their language the unity of their intention was broken up, and their undertaking destroyed; so much more worthy of praise is the…” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 7.
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Gregory the Great
“For, indeed, in a magisterial position language itself is confounded when one thing is learnt and another taught.” — editor's note: In this passage the phrase magisterium humilitatis has reference to Matt. xx. 25, &c., or Luke xxii. 25, &c., and ipsa lingua confunditur to Gen. xi. 7. The…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore the name of it is called Confusion; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and the Lord God scattered them thence on the face of all the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 1–9.
Read the whole comment““God saw their pride, and frustrated their purpose by causing that they should not understand one another’s speech, and thus tongues became diverse through pride.”” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 1–9.
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Cross-references · 25
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.2.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.2.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.11.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.2.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.